Aug. 25, 2008
Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997/0668
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov
Josh Byerly/Lynnette Madison
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov
lynnette.b.bmadison@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-215
NASA INVITES MEDIA TO EXPERIENCE LUNAR EXPLORATION UP CLOSE
HOUSTON -- Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar
life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape, on
Monday, Sept. 8, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Lunar Exploration Workshop will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
CDT, immediately following morning briefings that preview NASA's next
space shuttle mission. The STS-125 flight of Atlantis will be the
final visit by astronauts to the Hubble Space Telescope.
During Monday's tour, reporters will visit NASA's lunar yard to view
NASA's prototype lunar truck as it travels across the mock surface of
the moon. They will be able to climb into a concept lunar lander in
the Altair development lab and examine moon rocks brought back to
Earth by Apollo astronauts.
The sessions will include interviews with experts and managers from
NASA's Constellation Program. The Constellation Program is building
America's next spacecraft and planning a return of humans to live and
work on the moon.
Reporters must contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at
281-483-5111 by 5 p.m. Sept. 3, to register.
For more information about NASA's Constellation Program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/constellation
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